Cover for containers



May 31, 1932. w R'BERTELS 1,861,377

COVER FOR CONTAINERS Filed April 24. 1931 Patented May 31, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM RAYMOND BERTELS, or wines-13.4mm PENNSYLVANIA covnn roe coN'mINERs Application filed April 24, 1931.

This invention relates to a cover for containers and it is designed primarily for use on metal cans for holding and protecting merchandise and, at the same time, displaying it. The cover is of the type utilizing a transparent portion.

One of the objects is to provide a cover made up of interfltting rings one of which is adapted to be mounted on the open end of the container while the other constitutes the holder for the transparent portion, said rings being relatively movable to provide convenient access to the contents of the container when desired.

A still further object is to provide a novel hinge connection between therings which is simple in construction, inexpensive to produce, and not only holds the rings together securely but also permits one of the rings to be moved to and be supported in an upstanding position.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a display cover constituting the present invention.

Figure 2 is a section on line 22, Figure 1, the upper portion of a container on which the cover is mounted, being shown in section.

Figure 3 is a vertical section through the hingedly connected portions of the container and cover, the upper ring of the cover being shown supported in an upstanding position.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates a ring having an annular flange 2 depending therefrom and reinforced at its free edge by a bead 3. This ring defines an opening 4 giving access to a container 5 on which the ring is movably supported, the flange 2 being adapted to bind Serial No. 532,599.

on the container with suflicient prevent accidental displacement.

Arranged above the lower ring 1 is an upper or lid ring 6 havingan annular flange 7 depending therefrom and reinforced along its free edge by a bead 8. A transparent member 9 of glass or other suitable material is supported within a central opening 10 defined by ring 6 so that when the lid ring 6 is closed onto the lower ring 1, as shown in Figures 1 60 and 2, the contents of the container 6 will be displayed but will, at the same time, be fully protected from dust and insects.

The lid ring 6 is hingedly connected to the lower ring 1 by means of hinge rings 11 05 formed of stiff wire and extended through normally registering openings 12 in the flanges 2 and 7 These rings 11 extend around the reinforcing beads 3 and 8 and When the cover is in position on container 5 the rings 11 7 will frictionally engage the container and be pressed outwardly therefrom and relative to the cover rings. This arrangement ofthehinge rings is clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2. It will be noted that the hinge rings are spaced apart a suflicient distance annularly of the cover to form a segment 13 indicated by a dotted line in Figure 1, the greatest trans verse dimension of this segment, indicated pressure to at 1 1, being of such length that when the lid 7 ring 6 is swung upwardly and backwardly relative to the lower ring 1, the flange portion of the segment 13 will slide downwardly past the corresponding lower edge portion of flange 2 and head 8 will come against the wall of the container, as in Figure 3. Thus the lid ring will be supported in raised position by gravity.

It is to be understood that as the lid ring moves to open or to closed position it slides along the hinge rings 11 in order that the required relative movement of the flange 7 relative to the flange 2 and bead 3 can take place.

The lid ring 6 can be provided with a handle 15 whereby it can be raised and lowered readily relative to the ring 1. Both rings can of course be removed bodily from the container whenever desired simply by exerting suflicient force thereupon to withdraw flange 2 from frictional engagement with the container.

What is claimed is:

1. A cover for containers including nested lower and lid rings having marginal flanges adapted to frictionally engage, and hinge rings extending loosely through the free edge portions of the flanges of the cover rings.

constituting means for slidably and hingedly connecting said cover rings, said hinge rings belng spaced apart to provide a segment therebetween, that portion of the flange depending from the said segment of the lid ring being movable downwardly past and under the corresponding edge of the flange ofthe lower ring when the lid ring is swung to open position.,

2. The combination with a container, of a display cover including a flanged lower ring re1novably seated on the container a flanged lidring adapted to overly the lower ring, the flanges of the two rings being normally concentric and adapted to frictionally engage when the lid ring is closed, reinforcing beads -;along the free edges of the flanges of the two rings, and hinge rings loosely seated in the flanges and extending around the beads, the flange of the lid ring being; adapted to slide upon the hinge rings and to swing relative to the flange of the lower ring when the lid ring is opened, thereby to bring the reinforcing bead of the lid ring into ring-suupporting contact with the container between the hinge rings and beneath the flange of the lower ring In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature.

VILLIAM RAYMOND BERTELS. 

